WD Blue 3TB 3.5" SATA Desktop Hard Drive - 5400rpm, 256MB Cache - £46.98 / £50.47 delivered @ Ebuyer

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WD Blue 3TB 3.5" SATA Desktop Hard Drive - 5400rpm, 256MB Cache

WD BLUE 3.5IN PC HARD DRIVE - 3TBWD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.

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General
Device Type: Hard drive - internal
Capacity: 3 TB
Form Factor: 3.5"
Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
Buffer Size: 256 MB
Width: 101.6 mm
Depth: 147 mmHeight26.1 mm
Weight: 570 g

Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 600 MBps (external)
Spindle Speed: 5400 rpm

Expansion & Connectivity
Interfaces1 x SATA 6 Gb/s
Compatible Bay3.5"

Software & System Requirements
Software Included: Acronis True Image WD Edition
OS Required: Apple OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Microsoft Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10, Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13

Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support: Limited warranty - 2 years

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Edited by a community support team member, 27 April 2023

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TristanDeCoonha
27th Apr
I won't be the only one who doesn't know their colour code system

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Funkadelic
27th Apr
Thanks for the info, have saved for future ref!
TheBargainMan
27th Apr
This are SMR if anyone i wondering.
chrisjlocke
28th Apr
"Small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit, which is about one-third ..."

A nuclear reactor running at 5400 rpm? Cool!
PHL
28th Apr
Can anyone please recommend a 4 slot HDD caddy?

I've got four 4TB WD Gold HDD (total 16TB) just laying around thought why not extend the storage for Xbox console. Assume Raid 5 compatible would be ideal.
chrisjlocke
28th Apr
The issue is many caddies see four drives. I've not got an XBox so can't comment, but for the PlayStation for example, it only sees drives, not a device on which drives hang. I'm not explaining that well, but basically, I don't think you can do that. You're after a device in which you plug your drives in and whatever you plug that device into, only sees one HDD?
Somersett
27th Apr
Rapidly approaching parity with flash for cost per TB. It is hard to comprehend just how stupid the HDD manufacturers are. And modern 'cheap' HDDs fail as a result of hours powered on, regardless of write load, which is just awful.
fishmaster
27th Apr
1 - 2TB are same price as SSDs now or cheaper. However HDDs absolutely annihilate SSDs once you get to 4TB and above. There's absolutely no chance of getting an 8TB SSD for £123 as you can with a Seagate Barracuda for example.

Imagine getting a 16TB SSD for £250 >

amazon.co.uk/Sea…h=1

You can only imagine because it ain't happening for a hell of a long time yet.

Same goes for 4TB

amazon.co.uk/Sea…h=1

No chance 4TB SSDs are £82 they are only just getting close to £200.

IF you want large storage amounts 4TB and above HDDs are far far cheaper than SSDs.
Msic
27th Apr
Difficult to think about who might be a justified audience for this drive in 2023.
Probably to replace an existing 3TB drive in an otherwise-complex storage system, but surely no-one with an actual choice would buy this?
They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications.
When was this written? 2014?
chrisjlocke
28th Apr
I download a lot of ... er, 'content', which has to be stored somewhere. I've tried writing the ones and zeroes in a book, but found a hard drive to be more effective.
These are ~£17 a TB, so aren't too shabby.
stephenpaz
27th Apr
Somewhat tempted to replace the 2 x 1tb storage drives in my pc.
behappier Author
27th Apr
I just bought this to replace a failed one in a RAID array
Edward_Ford
27th Apr
If you need more capacity you can get 8tb Hitachi drives for 100 from broadband buyer. Just bought 4 to go in my NAS
Jim1_Smith
27th Apr
Just received an 8tb Seagate from CEX and that cost £80!